hoddy-doddy

noun

¦hädē¦dädē

plural hoddy-doddies

1

dialectal, England

a

: garden snail

b

: a snail shell

2

archaic

a

: a short and stout person

b(1)

: a henpecked man

(2)

: cuckold

c

: fool, blockhead, simpleton

Word History

Etymology

probably alteration and reduplication of dodman, hodmadod

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